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Suzuki SX4 WRC takes to the tarmac

Last month, the Suzuki SX4 WRC underwent tarmac testing in Europe, and the consensus is that things are progressing well, but there's room for improvement,. And to be competitive, more improvement is needed. The car's current configuration is said to be very close to what the team will use in the WRC test entries it's scheduled for -- the Rallye de France in October and Rally GB in November.

Suzuki Sport's president, Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima (yes, him), said that while the results the group has seen are encouraging, he knows that the European WRC teams are evolving and improving just as quickly, and he and the rest of the team at Suzuki Sport are working very hard to ensure that the SX4 WRC will be a competitive entry when takes part in this season's upcoming test rallies, and more importantly, next year's World Rally Championship season. We hope this WRC effort will ultimately spawn a snazzy, turbocharged SX4 street car to do battle with the WRX in the marketplace. Because, you know, we're selfish like that.

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Anonymous

8 Years Ago

I'm a bit worried about the SX4's AWD holding up to this kind of power. Suzuki will probably strengthen it the AWD for rally duty, but the street version's AWD might not hold up to the extra power from a bolt-on turbo.

Anonymous

Anonymous

8 Years Ago

How are the sales of the SX4 doing? I was all gong-hoon buying one, but didn't want to be left out of the darkif sales were to slip.Also, what will change for this car that can make it a better sell that is factual info?

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Anonymous

8 Years Ago

Wagon looks cool. The sedan comes to the U.S. next year with either FWD or AWD. Give me the AWD model with 260+ hp and a decent interior and I'm sold. Also, get rid of the black body trim and go with body color like mentioned above.

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Anonymous

8 Years Ago

Is that a full WRC car or a Super2000 Rally car... does not look like a full allert WRC Rally car... the second line Rally Series the super2000 (2.0l n/a 8500rpm limit AWD 260-285hp) is very popular in Europe and much more car brands race this Rally series as the WRC because it is a lot cheaper and much more private teams can run it.